Title :
Homotopic database animation
Author :
Kodama, Toshio ; Kunii, Tosiyasu L.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Syst. Div., Maeda Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Very large databases on the Web have been changing dynamically and have become complicated today. This research aims at helping users´ understanding of database changes by database animation. As a case study, animating budget management of one company is researched It shows clearly that database animation help understand the flow of plans and the distribution of the whole budget. Furthermore, it has shown that reverse animation by preserved homotopy realizes the effective reuse of databases
Keywords :
computer animation; very large databases; Web; budget management; cellular databases; cellular model; database animation; homotopic database animation; reverse animation; very large databases; Animation; Cities and towns; Data models; Financial management; Humans; Information systems; Linux; Relational databases; Spatial databases; Visual databases;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Animation, 2002. Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1594-0
DOI :
10.1109/CA.2002.1017513
